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Cape Flats to the JSE author Phakamisa Ndzamela in conversation with former Brimstone executive Lawrie Brozin

Cape Flats to the JSE: New book challenges narrow narrative of B-BBEE

A new book on Brimstone’s rise challenges dominant views of B-BBEE, offering a detailed account of black business history, risk and ownership in South Africa

The JSE’s SME Rise Enterprise Accelerator Programme continues to position itself as a critical enabler in South Africa’s economic ecosystem, offering structured support in areas such as funding readiness, market expansion and operational excellence.

JSE SME programme drives growth as BoTong Civils reports 418% revenue jump

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has welcomed the fifth cohort of its SME Rise Enterprise Accelerator Programme, supporting high-growth companies in scaling operations, accessing…

Liquidity challenges: Mantengu’s Langpan Mine has seen production decline. Photo: Supplied

Mantengu workers face salary delays

Financial disclosures and production shortfalls raise questions about the miner’s stability and cash flow

Mantengu Mining Limited CEO, Mike Miller,

Mantengu’s valuation quagmire

The Mantengu file: When expert valuations, courts and regulators all say no

Optasia celebrating its listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Photos: Standard Bank

African-founded firm, Optasia, becomes most extensive fintech JSE listing

Optasia is targeting new markets in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines as it aims to secure a billion customers worldwide

There has been nothing remarkable about the government of national unity’s first year in office, but the steadying of the ship has been invaluable. Photo: GCIS

Brinkmanship in GNU devastating for SA

The Trump factor, plus the ANC and the DA playing to the brink, has cost the country R1 trillion

Advocate Shamila Batohi addresses the Private Sector Symposium against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. File photo

PSC launched to combat workplace GBVH 

The Private Sector Coalition brings SA businesses together to fight the scourge of gender-based violence and harassment

Money moves: Life Healthcare used A  Re Ageng, which assists abused and vulnerable people, as a conduit for payments from the social development department because it did not have a registered account with the government. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Gauteng ignored finding of ‘corrupt’ relationship with Life Healthcare

The social development department and the company are accused of contravening the Prevention of Organised Crimes Act

Cleola Kunene, Head of SME Development at the JSE; Sipho Claassen, Managing Director of Boundless Consulting; Moderator Thembekile Mrototo; Walter Bango, Senior Manager of Monitoring and Evaluation at the NYDA; and Tsholofelo Mqhayi, Head of Social Transformation at CCBSA.
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National plan needed to address youth unemployment?

The importance of youth economic inclusion, and unpackaging key solutions to drive it

Clean: The Witpoort Recovery Centre in Brakpan was found by the forensic investigators to be ‘well managed’. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Life Healthcare ‘milked’ R112m from Gauteng –forensic  investigation

A forensic report has found that funds from the social development department are being ‘channelled’ to a private company

The DA’s part in the coalition stands to entrench the neoliberal programme advanced by the ANC, rather than inspire a very necessary redirection. (Alexander/Sowetan/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Market on tenterhooks amid coalition talks

As the 14 days to announce a coalition government commences, investors are nervous and the rand is flat

WeBuyCars  is still a good business despite being embroiled in Transaction Capital’s woes, analysts say. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)

WeBuyCars listing: Cruise or crash?

The unbundling of the company will help parent, Transaction Capital, pay some of its debts

Faan van der Walt says the used-car seller has a winning formula and can withstand future economic challenges

WeBuyCars CEO on JSE listing: Nothing will halt our growth

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Telling all: EOH — helmed by chief executive Stephen van Coller (above) — appeared before the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture and provided evidence of irregular money flows at EOH, which was unearthed by law firm ENSafrica.
(Gallo Images/Papi Morake)

New report reveals EOH corporate corruption case study and clean-up

The JSE listed IT services company has turned itself around and remains a service provider to the government and private sector

A logo of Naspers Ltd. sits on the side of the headquarters of the Media24 Ltd. building in Cape Town, South Africa. (Graeme Williams/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Unravelling the complex Naspers machine

It’s difficult to drive and to understand. The company is once again trying to simplify its structure by unwinding cross-shareholdings

Rands and sense: African Bank chief executive Kennedy Bungane says it is on target to realise its aim of being a broad-based black bank, set out nearly 60 years ago. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

African Bank is daring to dream big

With the tagline ‘the audacity to believe’, it will need to be ambitious to be seen as a real competitor

The JSE found Ben la Grange failed to fulfil his duties ‘with the necessary due care and skill’. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Former Steinhoff CFO fined, banned from directing a listed company for the next decade

The JSE found Ben la Grange failed to fulfil his duties ‘with the necessary due care and skill’

The ANC, heads to this weekend’s policy conference more concerned with pushing back on attempts to improve governance than finding solutions to the many structural fault lines that have been so crudely exposed by our economic deterioration. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

ANC lacks the political will to push economic transformation

Ramaphosa’s long delays in appointing the new BEE Advisory Council shows he has little interest in allowing others to cash in on the BEE deals that earned him his fortune

OPINION | Tokenising equity can revolutionise capital financing as the JSE falters

The bourse has never looked so vulnerable with many companies delisting and few new entries.

The JSE announces its intention to amend its requirements to enable the listing of actively managed exchange-traded funds. (Guillem Sartorio / AFP via Getty Images)

JSE to amend requirements to enable actively managed ETF listings

The local bourse has seen an uptick in the listing of exchange-traded funds, which allow investors to combine equity, debt, property and commodity exposure at a fairly low cost